Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur
# Dhamjegachh

Dhamjegachh is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,407 people in 273 households, the 61st largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.
- 1,407 people (2011)
- 273 households
- 55.5% literacy
- 976 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhamjegachh

Of every 100 households in Dhamjegachh in 2011, 68 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhamjegachh · ■ Chopra rural average
- Electricity for lighting 68% 31%
- Toilet within the home 12% 22%
- No toilet (open defecation) 88% 76%
- Tap water 2% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 75% 64%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 95% 92%
- Use banking services 51% 37%
- Television 20% 19%
- Mobile phone 41% 32%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 10% 28%
- Own their home 100% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dhamjegachh?

■ Dhamjegachh · ■ Chopra rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 55.5% 59.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 976 934
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 858 953
- Working population 25.6% 31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.9% for men and 51.1% for women. 42% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 63 (18%) · ■ Farm labourers 51 (14%) · ■ Household industry 5 (1%) · ■ Other work 194 (54%) · ■ Marginal 47 (13%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Chopra
- Purba Mokarandapur 1,494 people
- Uttar Jibhakata 1,476 people
- Pawakhali 1,458 people
- Pitramgachh 1,408 people
- Purbba Jaypura 1,362 people
- Bara Dangapara 1,360 people
- Tetesari 1,316 people
- Paschim Mokarandapur 1,293 people

All 118 villages in Chopra

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dhamjegachh? 1,407 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhamjegachh in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhamjegachh? 55.5% (Census 2011)

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